Banged-up Tigers open AAC women’s tournament Sunday vs. East Carolina
Tilly Boler, a Jackson State transfer, ranks third in the AAC with 17 points per game. She is the first Memphis player to make an All-Conference First Team since Ariel Hearn did during the 2013-14 season. (Wes Hale/The Daily Memphian file)
Injuries have been a major factor for Memphis women’s basketball all season and that will continue heading into the American Athletic Conference Tournament.
The Tigers (7-22, 5-13) will open the conference tournament as the No. 10 seed against No. 7 East Carolina (16-14, 8-10) at 6 p.m. Sunday on ESPN+.
Point guard DeeDee Hagemann is out with an injury and isn’t expected to play when Memphis tips off at Dickies Arena in Forth Worth, Texas.
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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